Photographer and educator Chris Orwig covers the most essential skills: cropping, improving exposure, painting color and light with masks, converting to black and white, thinking creatively with filters, retouching, and publishing photos online and in print. Plus, learn how Photoshop fits into a modern digital photography workflow, and how to set up the preferences and workspace so the software works most efficiently for you.

Topics include:
* Accessing images in Bridge
* Setting up color settings, preferences, and workspaces
* Editing in Camera Raw
* Zooming and panning
* Resizing images
* Cropping and straightening
* Using layers
* Improving exposure
* Making selections
* Masking
* Fine-tuning color
* Converting images to black and white
* Using filters
* Sharpening and reducing noise
* Retouching
* Printing photos from Photoshop